Re: strange pppoe/adsl issues

From: Fargo Holiday (galaxy.ranger_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/17/04

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    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:57:34 -0700
To: Mark Russell <freebsd@mark.net.au>

    unfortunately i wasn't terribly involved with anything but customer
    site hardware, though i do recall that we used redback equipment at
    the isp end. actual line vendors and switching varied depending on the
    region. just as Mark stated we, eventually, switched over to customer
    hardware with pppoe solutions embedded to eliminate the thousands of
    man hours required to walk users through trying different setups until
    one meshed with their system, the telco, and our stuff.

    could it be something with the way that the pppoe client
    authenticates, perhaps authentication is expected at regular intervals
    and when that dosen't happen it denies traffic? i mean, pppoe is
    fairly standardized from what i understand, much like ethernet over
    atm, but i could see where different clients might have different
    ideas about when to send authentication.

    where i worked we could view connection logs for specific users,
    perhaps you could get someone to send you a log with one of the setups
    that work, say XP, that shows what was transpiring for a specific
    interval, then get a log of what happens when your FreeBSD setup is
    connected until it drops, then compare the two. just a thought.

    sadly i'm several years out of DSL support, so i don't recall a lot of
    specifics. ok, i'm not really all that sad to be away from a phone
    support position, but you understand.

    in any case, good night, and i really hope someone can resolve the issue.
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